Thursday, October 13, 2005

Welcome to Massachusetts

Yes, posting will continue to be on the light side over the next couple of days, but I couldn't let this one go without putting my two cents in.

From the Boston Herald:

Suspect nabbed in two rapes: Perv posed as cabbie

A fugitive with a seven-page rap sheet is being held on $2 million bail and charged with brutally raping two women he offered rides while posing as a cab driver outside Faneuil Hall last month.

Instead of taking the women to their destinations, Kevin Bennett, 33, of Arlington allegedly veered to a secluded area near One Alewife Center in Cambridge, where he tore off their clothes and raped them, prosecutors charged.

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Bennett has been on the run from authorities since April, when he skipped bail after being charged with an open and gross act in Harvard Square, according to prosecutors. His rap sheet lists 72 charges ranging from breaking and entering to assault and battery, 20 instances of skipping court dates and eight probation violations, prosecutors said.


What the fucking fuckety fuck???

This guy had skipped out on court dates 19 times in the past, yet some asshole, bleeding heart judge decided to give him just ONE MORE CHANCE to behave himself. This scumbag should have been locked up a long fucking time ago, and sharing a cell with every piece-of-shit judge who set him free time after time to continue his life of violent crime.

But, hey, it's not like he killed anyone...yet. And, clearly it's not his fault he gets his bone on by abducting, beating, and raping defenseless women. Maybe, that's just his way of expressing himself. Surely, you wouldn't want the government to deny an artist access to his paints and brushes, would you? This man does have rights, after all. Let's be "progressive" and show a little compassion toward this misunderstood victim of society.

Fuck.

That.

Shit!

The only "compassion" this guy deserves - and never let it be said I lack a compassionate side - is having the first shot to the base of the skull, instead of the kneecaps.

So, welcome to Massachusetts, everyone! A place where the concept of locking up repeat, violent criminal offenders is considered a gross violation of the perpetrators' "rights", but laws that prohibit responsible, law abiding citizens from having the means to defend themselves from the same are hailed as "common-sense" crime-fighting measures.

Just whose side are these assholes on, anyway?

As if I have to ask.